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† ˈzenzic, a. and n. Math. Obs. [ad. mod.L. zenzicus, zens-, f. zensus, Germanized f. census (1202 in Leonardo of Pisa), transl. Arab. māl possessions, property, as used spec. in mathematics. Cf. It. censo (13th c.).] a. adj. Of a number or root: = square a. 2, 2 b. b. n. A square number: = square n. 8. So various compounds denoting higher powers or roots, as ˈzenzicube (the square of the cube, the sixth power), zenziˈcubic a., zenziˈcubicube, zenziˈzenzic a. and n., zenziˈzenzicube, -ˈcubic a., zenzizenziˈzenzic, etc. (Cf. 13th c. It. censo di censo, censo di cubi, censo cubo, etc.)
1557Recorde Whetst. H ij b, Squares of Squares..of some men..are named Zenzizenzikes, as square nombers are called Zenzikes. Ibid. H iij, 81 whiche is a Zenzizenzike nomber. Ibid. H iij b, If I name it [sc. 64] to bee a Square of Cubes, or zenzicube: then is..2. his roote. Ibid. H iv b, Zenzizenzizenzikes, that is squares of squared squares. Ibid. K j, Zenzicubike, or Squared Cube. Ibid. Q iv, When Squares and Cubes be compounde together: as Zenzicubes, Zenzizenzicubes, Zenzicubicubes.{ddd}3. is the Zenzizenzicubike roote of .531441. 1571Digges Pantom. Dd j b, Extracte the Zenzike rootes of these numbers. 1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 177 A Zenzicube, or a Squared Cube Number made by multiplying the Sursolide into the Root. |